What's the difference between characteristic and counterpart?

Characteristic


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
  • (n.) A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
  • (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The assembly reaction is accompanied by characteristic changes in fluorescence emission and dichroic absorption.
  • (2) The angiographic appearances are highly characteristic and equal in value to a histological diagnosis.
  • (3) The femoral component, made of Tivanium with titanium mesh attached to it by a new process called diffusion bonding, retains superalloy fatigue strength characteristics.
  • (4) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
  • (5) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
  • (6) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (7) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
  • (8) The clinical and radiologic characteristics of this unusual tumor are discussed.
  • (9) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
  • (10) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
  • (11) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
  • (12) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
  • (13) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
  • (14) The obtained results are used to study the relation between the acoustic characteristics of these vowels and the corresponding articulatory dimensions.
  • (15) Importantly, these characteristics were strong predictors of subsequent mortality.
  • (16) These same molecules may be equally responsible for the pathologic characteristics of the immune response seen, for example, in inflammatory bowel diseases.
  • (17) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
  • (18) In the case of nonspecific loading highly trained individuals may have low VT values close to the level characteristic for normal subjects.
  • (19) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
  • (20) These two types of transfer functions are appropriate to explain the transition to anaerobic metabolism (anaerobic threshold), with a hyperbolic transfer characteristic representing a graded transition; and a sigmoid transfer characteristic representing an abrupt transition.

Counterpart


Definition:

  • (n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
  • (n.) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
  • (n.) A person who closely resembles another.
  • (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (E)-5-(2-Bromovinyl)uridine (BVUrd), the riboside counterpart of (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVdUrd), effected a dose-dependent inhibition of viral progeny formation and viral DNA synthesis in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, strain KOS)-infected human (E6SM) diploid fibroblast cells.
  • (2) Combinations of YM534 with other anti-cancer agents were examined to ascertain whether YM534 potentiated other anti-cancer agents against the KB cell line and its multidrug-resistant counterpart, VJ-300.
  • (3) In comparison with native counterparts, the in vitro-formed LDL2 and HDL + VHDL were characterized by lower levels of triglyceride and cholesterol ester and higher levels of free cholesterol and lipid phosphorus.
  • (4) Israel’s president has told his Mexican counterpart that he was “sorry for the hurt” over a tweet in which the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared to praise Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the US-Mexican border.
  • (5) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (6) How can the interaction between theoretical neuroscientists and their experimental counterparts be improved?
  • (7) Based on these characteristics, we tentatively ascribe this activity to hepatic very low density lipoprotein, the serum counterpart of which is known to express many immunoregulatory properties.
  • (8) The first stop in this arid place of poor farms and orchards clinging to the dry soil is Rafah, cut off by the border from its Palestinian counterpart.
  • (9) Obama is expected to offer personal condolences to his counterpart Park Geun-Hye over the tragedy, but the South's unpredictable northern neighbour is set to dominate the agenda.
  • (10) Both normal precursors and their leukemic counterparts showed adhesion to marrow stroma and fibroblasts.
  • (11) Check out the latest bill from Russia's parliament, the Duma: its aim is to ban the "unnecessary" usage of foreign words (in cases where there is a pre-existing Russian counterpart).
  • (12) Lymphoid tumors of a given lineage exhibit a spectrum of phenotypes from clones whose features overlap extensively with their normal counterparts to clones whose features are not obviously represented in normal lymphoid populations.
  • (13) A definition of AUL and a system for its classification are proposed on the basis of the current state of knowledge about phenotypic features of AUL cells and their clonal counterparts that exist during early stages of normal hematopoiesis.
  • (14) DNA sequence analysis of 200 bp of the cloned fragment demonstrated an open reading frame showing 51% predicted amino acid identity between the putative C. albicans EF-3 gene and its S. cerevisiae counterpart over the encoded 65-amino-acid stretch.
  • (15) Multivariate analyses showed some significant post-programme attitudinal changes, with the older volunteers differing in some aspects from their younger counterparts.
  • (16) This syncitium-like arrangement is interpreted as the morphological counterpart of a possibly synchronized function of these cells.
  • (17) Transient peripheral vasomotor constriction and heart rate increases were initiated within an 8- to 12-sec period following target detection with the predictable schedule, with subjects evincing greater responsivity than their nonpredictable schedule counterparts.
  • (18) Antibody inhibition studies revealed that the high affinity receptors remaining after protease treatment and their low affinity counterparts both utilized the same ligand-binding component.
  • (19) Her behaviour with her European counterparts mirrored her treatment of the Tory grandees.
  • (20) "When the correct tests are done, GM products are as safe as their non-GM counterparts," said Walport.